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Employment Structure and Returns to Skill in Vietnam: Estimates Using the Labor Force Survey

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dc.contributor.authorDemombynes, Gabriel
dc.contributor.authorTestaverde, Mauro
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-15T15:19:22Z
dc.date.available2018-03-15T15:19:22Z
dc.date.issued2018-03
dc.description.abstractThis paper uses Labor Force Survey data to assess key aspects of the labor market in Vietnam over 2007-14. The analysis finds large growth in wage employment in the foreign-owned and domestic private sectors. However, the state sector remains a major employer, particularly for workers with higher education, employing 70 percent of wage workers with a university degree. Low-skilled occupations dominate the stock of existing jobs, but the top growing occupations overwhelmingly belong to high-skilled categories. The paper notes that the high unemployment rates of recent university graduates, which have raised concern about a mismatch between skills and employer needs, reflect the transition to the job market and diminish sharply as graduates age. The returns to education in the private sector are highest for university graduates. Finally, women and ethnic minorities are less likely to work in wage jobs, and those that do earn lower wages, although the wage gap for women has declined over time.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/965641520866682470/Employment-structure-and-returns-to-skill-in-Vietnam-estimates-using-the-labor-force-survey
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8364
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29458
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8364
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectRETURNS TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectLABOR SKILLS
dc.subjectSKILLED LABOR
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE SURVEY
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT STRUCTURE
dc.subjectTERTIARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectHIGHER EDUCATION
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectSKILLS MISMATCH
dc.subjectJOB CREATION
dc.subjectUNIVERSITY GRADUATES
dc.subjectGENDER WAGE GAP
dc.titleEmployment Structure and Returns to Skill in Vietnamen
dc.title.subtitleEstimates Using the Labor Force Surveyen
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okr.crossref.titleEmployment Structure and Returns to Skill in Vietnam: Estimates Using the Labor Force Survey
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/965641520866682470/Employment-structure-and-returns-to-skill-in-Vietnam-estimates-using-the-labor-force-survey
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8364
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okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryViet Nam
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okr.topicEducation::Economics of Education
okr.topicGender::Gender and Economics
okr.topicGender::Gender and Education
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Skills Development and Labor Force Training
okr.unitPoverty and Equity Global Practice and the Social Protection and Labor Global Practice
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